Summary

  • Lancashire beat Northants by 13 runs

  • Lancashire win their first T20 title

  • Davies hits 47 as Lancashire make 166-7

  • Northants reply with 153-6 at Edgbaston

Live Reporting

Brendon Mitchell

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  2. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    I think there's a danger, now the pitch looks better, that if Northants were to look a bit tentative then they could find themselves on the back foot. They've got to come out and play their natural game. What is exciting is that we're looking at a really good match.

  3. Shahid Afridi
    Northants all-rounder talking to BBC Test Match Special

    Obviously you always enjoy a performance like this. I was worried they would hit 190 or maybe 200 but that was a good spell and in the end, the fast bowlers bowled well, as well.

  4. Jonathan Trott
    Warwickshire batsman on Test Match Special

    I think it's a crucial time for Lancashire's batsmen. You've got to think, get bat on ball here and if we get boundaries then that's a bonus.

  5. Stephen Moore
    Former Lancashire opener on BBC Radio Lancashire

    You can see what Jos is trying to do but it just doesn't quite come on, he takes his hands off the bat and slices it and Josh Cobb takes the catch.

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  7. Stephen Peters
    Former Northants batsman on BBC Radio Northampton

    Things aren't quite going our way at the moment but we will be thinking, if we get rid of Buttler and Prince, there's only Faulkner left in the shed. A couple of quick wickets again here and it might give us a bit of hope.

  8. Jonathan Trott
    Warwickshire batsman on Test Match Special

    I feel perhaps Brown felt the ball glanced his thigh pad and felt it's going to go away, so maybe he thought it had gone.

  9. Stephen Moore
    Former Lancashire opener on BBC Radio Lancashire

    Lancashire have obviously had a chat since the semi-final and they look really calm. They have a game plan and they're playing it really well.

  10. Lee Daggett
    Former Northants seam bowler on BBC Radio Northampton

    It's very good batting from Davies. It's not panic stations for Northants, they've been in plenty of situations like this and turned it round.

  11. Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    "Is the bat finally dominating the ball on this pitch?

    "Lancashire have responded to being put in to bat by Northants with real intent and have set about dominating the bowlers in this powerplay.

    "Edgbaston looks a picture and the crowd are enjoying both the action on the pitch and the evening sunshine here.

    "And on that note comes a rendition of Hey Jude from the thousands in the stands."

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  13. Jonathan Trott
    Warwickshire batsman on Test Match Special

    They're not hitting the ball in the air and they're not trusting the bounce of the wicket. They've nearly got fifty already and both teams batting first in the last two games today would have taken that.

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  17. So, we're going to take a short break from the text commentary - but we'll be back at 18:10 BST when my colleague Brendon Mitchell will be bringing you news of the teams and toss and will take you through to the moment the trophy is handed over.

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  19. The stage is set..

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    So, it's Northants Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning in this year's T20 Blast final. The 2013 winners against a side that have yet to lift the silverware in this competition. 

    In previous T20 encounters, it's been Lancashire that have had the edge, winning four out of six.

    There are similarities between the sides. They both have a left-arm pace bowling all-rounder - David Willey for Northants and James Faulkner for Lancashire. They both have a South African in their top order, Richard Levi for Northants, Ashwell Prince for Lancashire. They both have a perhaps underrated captain, Alex Wakely for Northants, Steven Croft for Lancashire.

    So who will win? We don't have long to wait to find out. The final starts at 18:45 BST.

  20. LANCASHIRE BEAT HAMPSHIRE BY SIX WICKETS

    Hampshire skipper James Vince told Sky Sports:

    "The wicket was slow. At the start, we set out to get 150-160 but probably not even that would have been a winning score in the end.

    "As we lost wickets, our target came down, but we never really had a big partnership - and we kept losing wickets right the way through.

    "On a wicket like that you've got to try and keep wickets in the locker for the back end, but we lost wickets regularly and it made it pretty tough."